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戀人
夕はほのかなる暗をうみ
暗はものおもふ汝をうむ
汝の髮は黑く
かざしたる花も
いろなく靑ざめたれど
何ものかその中にいきづく
かすかに
されどやすみなく——
夕はほのかなる暗をうみ
暗はものおもふ汝をうむ
芥川龍之介 大正四年（一九一五）十二月三日宛井川恭書簡
Lover
The dusk gave birth to the dim darkness
The darkness gave birth to a pensive you
And your hair is dark also
The flower you held high
Tintless, pale though
Something panting within
Vaguely still
Endlessly —
The dusk gave birth to the dim darkness
The darkness gave birth to a pensive you
Akutagawa Ryunosuke, excerpted from letter to Igawa Kyo